General Election: India, the world’s fifth largest and fastest-growing major economy, is undergoing a 44-day general election starting April 19, with nearly 970 million citizens eligible to vote.
ESG ratings are under increased scrutiny from institutional users such as asset managers. This is mainly because just like any other neat quantitative categorization of qualitative information…
ESG parameters have traditionally been seen as more relevant to public companies because for them, the impact of material developments related to sustainability issues is much more immediate and quantifiable…
The green bond market has expanded rapidly in recent years, with interest from a large set of investors and issuance from a diverse group of entities…
In our earlier insights on EU Taxonomy, we have discussed how this landmark regulation will alter the playing field for the companies and investment advisors in the European Union (EU)…
ESG investing is not just about investing on the basis of the various environmental, social, and governance factors, but for the global institutional asset managers, it also involves the decision about the countries they want to invest in…
As the inflows into the ESG funds grow, addressing the question of framework becomes crucial. With multiple ESG frameworks in the market, the lack of a standardized structure and…
The news that Harvard University, with USD 42bn AUM will divest from the Oil & Gas sector, has attracted a lot of media attention. This year has seen many significant ESG related responses from the global institutional asset managers…
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM or popularly known as Norges Bank) has 12 trillion NOK or 1.4 trillion USD of Assets Under Management, which makes it the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund…
Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy) is a Danish multinational power company and as of 2020, the company is one of the world’s largest developers of offshore wind power…